新概念三,18課:some people--including myself--were surprised by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture.be surprised 后面不都是跟 at ,that從句或不定式嗎?這里為什么用by?
若后接介詞 at, that從句或不定式,則說明說話者是把 surprised 完全當作形容詞來用;若后接介詞 by,則說明說話者是把 surprised 當作動詞來看。又如:
We were surprised by their departure from their normal practice. 我們對他們背離常規的做法感到吃驚。——摘自《當代美國英語學習詞典》
I knew him so well that I was not surprised by this news. 我對他很了解,所以并不為這個消息感到吃驚。——摘自柯林斯語法系列《英語語法系列——連詞》